Reality TV Reality Recap: Ariana, access, and the end of an era The explosive season finale of Vanderpump Rules aired this week and for me, there were a few main takeaways. The first is that the reunion left Ariana completely vindicated about the choices she made all season long. The second is that Ariana exercising boundaries to the extent she did this By Stephanie • May 31, 2024 02:49 pm
Equality Issues Chris Pratt's money moves Chris Pratt recently opened up about his early acting days and the struggles he had keeping his earnings in his bank account. During an interview on ’s Sway In The Morning, he revealed that he blew through his first acting paycheck, a whopping $75,000 that he earned from a By Stephanie • May 28, 2024 12:03 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Accountability, loyalty, apologies After much delay, Katie Maloney and Ariana Madix’s sandwich shop, Something About Her, is finally open. And the reviews are…mixed, to put it mildly. Apparently the line up on opening day was hours long and they ran out of sandwiches, leaving tons of hangry customers who had been By Stephanie • May 24, 2024 03:40 pm
Music Lil Nas X reflects on country As Lainey linked to yesterday in What Else?, Lil Nas X is reflecting on his experience in the country music industry and its current state. And it’s worth unpacking more of his thoughts after the developments of the last couple of months following the success of Beyoncé’s COWBOY By Stephanie • May 22, 2024 03:12 pm
Douchebags Cassie's terrible vindication Late last week, graphic and heartbreaking video footage showed Diddy physically abusing Cassie in a hotel hallway, confirming some of the allegations she made in the lawsuit she filed against him last November, which I wrote about here. In the aftermath of the video being released, many celebrities, most of By Stephanie • May 21, 2024 11:25 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: Returns, repercussions, reunions Sandwiches, anyone? Katie and Ariana’s shop is finally set to open this Wednesday and friends, including Kristen Doute, have been stopping by to show their support. And Kyle Richards confirmed her return to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This season should pack a punch considering it will explore her By Stephanie • May 17, 2024 03:02 pm
Drama Reality family drama is real life Former Love Is Blind contestant Clay Gravesande is catching a lot of heat on social media from fans and family after his new relationship with YouTuber and OnlyFans model, Celina Powell, became Instagram official earlier this week when Celina posted this reel on Monday. Fans of the show wasted no By Stephanie • May 16, 2024 01:29 pm
Dumbass Cardi B's Met Gala stumble Cardi B is speaking out after being called out (rightfully) by social media users over not knowing or being able to name the designer of her Met Gala dress. While walking the red carpet, she was approached by Vogue, and during the interview, when she was asked for the designer’ By Stephanie • May 10, 2024 11:50 am
Reality TV Is this the end of Vanderpump Rules? Last night’s Vanderpump Rules season finale is being described by fans and news outlets as “ominous” – and not without good reason. The end of the episode played out in a way that could have easily been the series finale. Between the “breaking” of the fourth wall by Lala, the By Stephanie • May 08, 2024 11:35 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: New boos, break up moves, baby blues Kyle Richards made a big move (and Mauricio literally made a big move, like, out of their house and into a new condo where Matt Damon also lives, NBD) when she removed Mauricio’s last name out of her Instagram profile. And Candiace Bassett from Real Housewives of Potomac showed By Stephanie • May 03, 2024 03:37 pm
Equality Issues Giuliana revisits Zendaya, but not her hair Nearly a decade after Giuliana Rancic infamously made racially insensitive remarks about Zendaya’s 2015 Oscars look, she’s reflecting on Zendaya’s career and how fashion reporting has “evolved”. During a conversation with PEOPLE, Giuliana touted her talent and her “amazing fanbase”, saying: "She's incredible…I By Stephanie • May 03, 2024 02:26 pm
Equality Issues Sunny Hostin's hair equality Sunny Hostin recently reflected on her decision to start rocking her natural hair on The View. During Tuesday’s episode of the Behind The Table podcast with the show’s executive producer, Brian Teta, a viewer called in to chat with Sunny about her hair. “I have a question for By Stephanie • May 01, 2024 11:20 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: Side chicks, advice, fights It appears that most of the drama in the world of reality TV happened off screen this week. Bethenny Frankel surprisingly deleted the last few episodes of her podcast, Just B Divorced, which I did a recap of here. Sonja Morgan put her beloved New York townhouse on the market, By Stephanie • Apr 26, 2024 04:02 pm
Break Ups Tori Spelling said something relevant On yesterday’s episode of her podcast, Misspelling, Tori Spelling revealed a fear of hers that she says kept her in her 18-year marriage to Dean McDermott longer than she should have been. “One of my biggest fears, and this perhaps did make me stay longer, is I feel like By Stephanie • Apr 26, 2024 02:46 pm
Equality Issues Mel B’s relationship journey Mel B recently caught up with Attitude magazine, revisiting the group’s 1998 cover. The interview was to mark the new updated version of her bestseller, Brutally Honest, a memoir that chronicled the abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte, which I covered here. By Stephanie • Apr 24, 2024 01:11 pm
TV Updates The Radical Empathy of Baby Reindeer It’s been nearly two weeks since Baby Reindeer premiered on Netflix and it has understandably become a top-watched show and has dominated conversations online. The seven-part miniseries is an adaptation of Richard Gadd’s award-winning one man play. It chronicles the true story of how he, depicted as a By Stephanie • Apr 23, 2024 03:11 pm
